Category: Benefits
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When the Government announced it would restrict the Winter Fuel Payment (WFP) to pensioners on Pension Credit in 2024, it did so without any published impact assessment. A benefit that once reached nearly every pensioner, worth up to £300 a year, was removed from around 10 million people on the basis of a targeting principle…
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The state pension underpayment scandal, which has already affected over 130,000 people and could ultimately involve up to 400,000, would not have come to light without the persistence of former Pensions Minister, Sir Steve Webb. His work, supported by campaigners and advisers, has pushed the Government to acknowledge systemic failings and compensate many of those…
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In this week’s Pensions Goth blog I talk about how we can close the pensions gender gap, how tomorrow is the last day to pay to fill in gaps in your National Insurance record missed since 2006, and insights from Morgan Vine at the TUC Pensions Conference on Wednesday 2nd April 2025. Many thanks to…
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On Tuesday, the Government announced reforms to working age disability benefits with the stated aim of helping those who can work to do so, and supporting those who can’t. This will be done via providing more support and incentives to work, as well as making it harder to achieve eligibility for Personal Independence Payment (PIP),…